Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Hold My Hand

Brooke's new favorite phrase is "Hold my hand." It's not quite a question, more of a demand. She wants my guidance and reassurance if she's the slightest bit unsure about a situation.

She said it to me tonight and something clicked inside me - I need the Lord to hold my hand. Its not a request, its a requirement. There are things that I just can't handle on my own.  In fact, I need to just expect Him to hold my hand in everything, because He promises to do exactly that. Why in the world do I always get caught up and lost in this crazy stressed out everyday life and He is the one I turn to after I've exhausted every other option? After I've toiled and stressed and worked to do things on my own, I could have just held His hand and He would have sustained me and guided me all along.

What a wonderful reminder - at a perfect time of absolute craziness, I'm just going to say "LORD, HOLD MY HAND! Lead me where you want to take me....I trust you more than I trust myself"

I have no idea what this season of life will bring about, but you've never let me down and you've always been faithful. 

Life has been a whirlwind lately, pretty good stuff, just crazy and a bit stressful....here are some fantastic pictures from the last month:

Totaled our truck, and got another:

Found a bat on my head one morning, killed it, tested it for rabies - negative, thank God!

Had a double birthday party for Brooke's 2nd and Lexi's 4th - it got rained out when we planned it in the barn, but it was great fun inside anyway!
Played outside with the girls a lot - between the trampoline, slip n slide, pool, swing set, and other stuff, they never want to come in!

This pretty much sums up the whirlwind month...ha ha:
Had a wedding for my cousin at our camp, Lexi was flower girl, Dad officiated:

Had fun with my sisters!

And my husband :)


Off to Chicago in a few days! LORD HOLD MY HAND!

Hold My Hand

Brooke's new favorite phrase is "Hold my hand." It's not quite a question, more of a demand. She wants my guidance and reassurance if she's the slightest bit unsure about a situation.

She said it to me tonight and something clicked inside me - I need the Lord to hold my hand. Its not a request, its a requirement. There are things that I just can't handle on my own.  In fact, I need to just expect Him to hold my hand in everything, because He promises to do exactly that. Why in the world do I always get caught up and lost in this crazy stressed out everyday life and He is the one I turn to after I've exhausted every other option? After I've toiled and stressed and worked to do things on my own, I could have just held His hand and He would have sustained me and guided me all along.

What a wonderful reminder - at a perfect time of absolute craziness, I'm just going to say "LORD, HOLD MY HAND! Lead me where you want to take me....I trust you more than I trust myself"

I have no idea what this season of life will bring about, but you've never let me down and you've always been faithful. 

Life has been a whirlwind lately, pretty good stuff, just crazy and a bit stressful....here are some fantastic pictures from the last month:

Totaled our truck, and got another:

Found a bat on my head one morning, killed it, tested it for rabies - negative, thank God!

Had a double birthday party for Brooke's 2nd and Lexi's 4th - it got rained out when we planned it in the barn, but it was great fun inside anyway!
Played outside with the girls a lot - between the trampoline, slip n slide, pool, swing set, and other stuff, they never want to come in!

This pretty much sums up the whirlwind month...ha ha:
Had a wedding for my cousin at our camp, Lexi was flower girl, Dad officiated:

Had fun with my sisters!

And my husband :)


Off to Chicago in a few days! LORD HOLD MY HAND!